a u turn from russia freeing up grain export is rejoined three days after pulling out. a move which risked worsening global hunger. a move which risked worsening global hunger. and the us central bank announces its fourth straight three quarters of a point rate hike. today raise the policy in dress rate by .75 points and we continue to anticipate on growing dues ongoing raises will be appropriate. huge breakthrough in ethiopia. the government and tigrayan rebels have agreed to a truce to end two years of civil war. the conflict has left millions of people in desperate need of aid. peace talks facilitated by the african union have been taking place in south africa. this is the mediator. the two parties in the ethiopian conflict have formally agreed to the cessation of hostilities. ina in a statement posted online ethiopians prime minister said. this is what the representative of the to grand said. we this is what the representative of the to grand said. the to grand s
increase nato s membership, but will also double the length of its border with russia. as ukraine appealed for more support, the alliance fundamentally shifted its response to russia and made a strong pledge. ukraine can count on us for as long as it takes. and for the first time in nato s history, the us military will have a permanent base in eastern europe. translation: here in poland, there ll be a permanent - presence of the us army. the fifth army corps. i was able to speak to president andrzej duda at the nato summit in madrid. president andrzej duda, thank you so much for speaking to me exclusively here on the bbc at the nato summit. what are your thoughts about what is happening here at the nato summit? have you heard, are you satisfied with what you re hearing? she translates question. translation: firstly, - i have to say this nato summit is for sure of historical nature. why? because you can say the following. a green light was given during this summit for acceptin
will have a permanent base in eastern europe. translation: here in poland, there will be a permanent - presence of the us army. the fifth army corps. i was able to speak to president andrzej duda at the nato summit in madrid. president andrzej duda, thank you so much for speaking to me exclusively here on the bbc at the nato summits. what are your thoughts about what is happening here at the nato summit? have you heard, are you satisfied with what you are hearing? she translates question. translation: first of all, i have to say this nato - summit is forsure of historical nature. because you can say the following. a green light was given during the summit for accepting into nato finland and sweden. this is an incredibly important piece of news for the entire alliance but especially for its eastern flank. because these are the cities of the baltic sea region, this is a very important piece of information for poland. this also will extend the broader between russia and the alli
But there has been Widespread International concern over the fate of the more than one million palestinians sheltering there. Our correspondent anna foster is injerusalem. Welcome to you, and weve been talking for more than a week about the latest round of talks and it seems there is increasing pressure on hamas to reach a deal. Yes. Seems there is increasing pressure on hamas to reach a deal. On hamas to reach a deal. Yes, we are at the on hamas to reach a deal. Yes, we are at the same on hamas to reach a deal. Yes, we are at the same stage on hamas to reach a deal. Yes, we are at the same stage where an. Are at the same stage where an israeli deal has been put on the table and was described at the start of the week by the us Secretary Of State as extraordinarily generous and it seems to be that in this latest iteration of the deal there have been some movements in terms of potentially agreeing to talk about a permanent ceasefire. From israels Point Of View its priority is trying to e
Willingness to accept. Everyone s waiting for the hamas team, the cia director William Burns is reportedly in cairo and thats very important because us support cairo and thats very important because us support for cairo and thats very important because us support for this deal has been crucial. Another Sticking Point in all this is that hamas Want A Commitment by israel that the fighting stops. Israel that the fighting stops. Israel wont give that commitment, partly for political reason, partly for military reasons. It believes that hamas, the remaining four battalions of hamas are hiding out in rafah below ground and tunnels and that the leader of hamas, the Military Leader and the architect of the October Seven Massacre is amongst them. Hiding out there, possibly even surrounded by hostages. So the Israeli Military want to go in and finish thejob, Israeli Military want to go in and finish the job, now a Cease Fire Deal would certainly postpone, if not shelve that rough a Military Ope